{"id":107174,"date":"2021-11-24T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T22:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=107174"},"modified":"2021-11-25T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:47:29","slug":"nyt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=107174","title":{"rendered":"(NYT) Contending With the Pandemic, Wealthy Nations Wage Global Battle for Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the global economy heats up and tries to put the pandemic aside, a battle for the young and able has begun. With fast-track visas and promises of permanent residency, many of the wealthy nations driving the recovery are sending a message to skilled immigrants all over the world: Help wanted. Now.<\/p>\n

In Germany, where officials recently warned<\/a> that the country needs 400,000 new immigrants a year to fill jobs in fields ranging from academia to air-conditioning, a new Immigration Act offers accelerated work visas<\/a> and six months to visit and find a job.<\/p>\n

Canada plans to give residency to 1.2 million new immigrants<\/a> by 2023. Israel recently finalized a deal to bring health care workers from Nepal<\/a>. And in Australia, where mines, hospitals and pubs are all short-handed after nearly two years with a closed border, the government intends to roughly double<\/a> the number of immigrants it allows into the country over the next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n